@Rapidcreek to TechnologyEnglish • 10 months agoSolar Storm to Hit Earth Today Causing GPS and Radio Disruptionwww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square42arrow-up1253arrow-down15cross-posted to: technology
arrow-up1248arrow-down1external-linkSolar Storm to Hit Earth Today Causing GPS and Radio Disruptionwww.newsweek.com@Rapidcreek to TechnologyEnglish • 10 months agomessage-square42cross-posted to: technology
minus-square@AbouBenAdhemlinkEnglish5•edit-210 months ago This cloud, if aimed toward the Earth, approaches our planet in around 48 to 72 hours, though some can arrive much sooner. I didn’t realize there was that much variation in the speed stuff comes off the sun. Does it ever clump up, if fast ejections overtake slow ones?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•10 months agoTo give you a perspective on just how far away the sun is, if it were to blow up right now you wouldn’t even see the light from the event for another 8 minutes and 20 seconds.
I didn’t realize there was that much variation in the speed stuff comes off the sun. Does it ever clump up, if fast ejections overtake slow ones?
To give you a perspective on just how far away the sun is, if it were to blow up right now you wouldn’t even see the light from the event for another 8 minutes and 20 seconds.